In the wake of the overhaul’s cancellation, the company will be pursuing a more modest product update — possibly called the “Rift S” — to be released as early as next year, which makes minor upgrades to the device’s display resolution while more notably getting rid of the external sensor-tracking system, sources tell us. Instead, the headset will utilize the integrated “inside-out” Insight tracking system, which is core to Facebook’s recently announced Oculus Quest standalone headset.

LinkIn the article it talks about cancelling Rift 2. That was big news last week, but Facebook said they are still working on future versions of Rift.

It will have inside out tracking like WMR and will hopefully cost less than the Rift. I would get it in a heartbeat if it was $300ish and I would sell my Samsung. I miss having an Oculus proper headset. Resolution would matter tho, I don't want to go back to base Rift resolution. Samsung isn't drastically higher, but it is high enough that I would notice the downgrade going to Rift's.

Reading this VR book is getting me hyped for new hardware. Rift S is still not officially announced, but rumors point to it being announced and on shelves this week. Oculus/FB did something similar (but not as drastic with the Go). My local BBY have no Rifts in stock, same with Amazon and many other stores.

If it's $299 it's an instant buy for me. Quest is $399 confirmed and has to have CPU on a chip, battery, etc.

Pie in the sky announcement is the Quest can be stand alone and tethered. At $399 that would be an instant buy as well.

Nothing big came out of GDC other than Quest demos. Word on the floor is that Oculus were giving out demos to something with an embargo on it until Wednesday. It hope it's more than just Quest games

Going from Rift to Rift S doesn't makes sense for anyone. Going from no Rift to Rift S does.

I think Quest would be a great compliment to Rift, but I would want more. Also like we discussed in the chat, I think most of the guys here could only have a Quest and be content.

I could see a world where Rift OG becomes popular and expensive in the used marketed because you can't buy new ones now and the S isn't good enough to get Rift guys to switch over and sell their used ones.

Sony has sold 4.2 MILLION VR headsets. They do not include IPD adjustment and you never find people online complaining about it. I think the Rift S will be fine without the adjustment, it's more a case of people feeling cheated that it was there before and now isn't. I'm not going to let the IPD stuff talk me out of buying the S.

My VR podcast this week is discussing the Rift S in detail because one of the guys tried it. So far they score it as following:

Comfort +1 --halo strap is superior Tracking +1 --ease of setup and you will not notice a difference 99.5% of the timeLens +1 -no more godrays and bigger sweet spotScreen +0 --OLED to RGB. People say RGB is worse because colors aren't as good as OLED, but the pixel layout is better. See below. Plus Rift has muted colors as it is. I notice much better colors in my Samsung. Slight bump in resolution probably won't be noticed, but the pixel layout will be. IPD -1 --but won't matter for majority of people. Passthrough+ +1 --the feature you didn't know you wanted, but a huge game changer Audio -1 --built in speakers vs built in headphones

I was at Best Buy yesterday and decided to change my ship to store for pickup preorder to ship to house. It would have been the worst thing in the world if the baby gets delivered early and I don't have time to make it to Best Buy on the other side of town /sBut for real, that is something I wouldn't want the hassle of if he does come a little early. Maybe if Oculus would have released it early spring instead!!!

New rumor mill, that has no real evidence, is that the Rift S and Quest release dates are later than people were hoping is because some launch games aren't ready. The hardware is ready to go, but Oculus promised X games on the Rift S and 50+ on the Quest so they want to make sure they deliver that.